Flag Scan Pressure March 20, 2026

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PRESSURE — Where damage broke and how it's spreading last 48 hours.


Did anyone's reliability break?

  • QatarEnergy declared force majeure on its entire LNG output following the Strait of Hormuz closure in early March, and then escalated to a second force majeure covering specific long-term contracts for up to five years on supply bound for Italy, Belgium, South Korea, and China after Trains 4 and 6 were confirmed destroyed — a failure of delivery reliability from the world's single-largest LNG producer affecting approximately 90% Asia-directed flows. — Reuters, March 19 · Energy Intelligence, March 19